Regardless of the outcome of the poll, a name change won't happen anyway. This is not a popularity contest but a matter of convincing all lead developers to change an identity that has served us all well for 16 years and counting.

People complaining about the name should fork their own version of the code and distribute it with a snazzier name rather than expect people to do it for them. Welcome to the world of open source.

(and as far as I know, the program was never actually called "The Gimp" but GIMP, Gnu Image Manipulation Program, a perfectly fine name)..Griatch

I sort of like the name GIMP too since it implies that even a crippled (metaphorically speaking of course) user can use it. May not be true (lol), but it's at least not an intimidating name (to me anyway).